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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 8]
TEXT 1
श्रीशुक उवाच
एकदातु महानद्यां कृतायिषेकनैययिकावश्यको ब्रह्माक्षरमभिगृणानो मुहूर्तत्रयमुदकान्त उपविवेश ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
ekadā tu mahā-nadyām kṛtābhiṣeka-naiyamikāvaśyako brahmākṣaram abhigṛṇāno muhūrta-trayam udakānta upaviveśa.
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said:  ekadā —once upon a time:  tu —but:  mahā-nadyām —in the great river known as Gaṇḍakī;  kṛta-abhiṣeka-naiyamika-avaśyakaḥ —having taken a bath after finishing the daily external duties such as passing stool and urine and brushing the teeth:  brahma-akṣaram —the  praṇava-mantra  (om);  abhigṛṇānaḥ —chanting:  muhūrta-trayam —for three minutes:  udaka-ante —on the bank of the river:  upaviveśa —he sat down.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, one day, after finishing his morning duties—evacuating, urinating and bathing—Mahārāja Bharata sat down on the bank of the River Gaṇḍakī for a few minutes and began chanting his mantra, beginning with omkāra.
TEXT 2
तत्र तदा राजन् हरिणी पिपासया जलाशयाभ्याशमेकैत्रोपजगाम ॥२॥
tatra tadā rājan hariṇī pipāsayā jalāśayābhyāśam ekaivopajagāma.
tatra —on the bank of the river:  tadā —at the time:  rājan —O King;  hariṇī —a doe:  pipāsayā —because of thirst;  jalāśaya-abhyāśam —near the river:  eka —one:  eva —certainly:  upajagāma —arrived.
TRANSLATION
O King, while Bharata Mahārāja was sitting on the bank of that river, a doe, being very thirsty, came there to drink.